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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Creatine, Happy Trees, Horizon, Goat Knuckle FNGs: 1 Goat Knuckle COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: COLD (just kidding, but not bad)
WARMUP: lots of warmup–in fact, Goat Knuckle inflicted this pain on the baseball team later on.
The pax did many bag carrying and movement exercises–good job, crew.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tire Station Q: Horizon , PAX: Happy Trees, Tigger, One Inch, Locksmith, Horizon, Splitter FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Refreshing low 50s, calm
WARMUP: Willie Mays, SSH, Toy Soldier, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Small arm Circles
THE THANG: Elevens with kettle bell swings and overhead press as a starter 4 stations setup in a rectangle with one station in the middle: Station 1 – Curls Station 2 – Flutter kicks Station 3 – Squats Station 4 – Merkins Middle station – Burpees
Start at 20 reps with stations 1-4 5 burpees at the middle station
Each round thereafter, decrease by one except the burpees.
MARY: Big boy sit-ups, high plank
MOLESKINE: Staying out of the grass – it’s wet. Where’s Steely? How many reps am I at?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: TN Tussle, CSAUP 21 miler from Gallatin to Madison, check slack for details
COT: One inch’s dad – health and family dynamics
PLAYLIST: The sound of men pushing themselves outside their comfort zone.
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[The Castle] The Castle – New duration – The Castle is now 1 hour

Date: 2026-09-26 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Creatine, hambone, Steely, Dr. Brown Slip, Happy Trees, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Barney, Makita, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: friggin perfect
WARMUP: SSH, typewriters, arm circles
THE THANG: the 1 hr thang TABATA Round 1 – 1 min 40 sec on and 20 rest Stretchy band back pull Heavy bat shoulder rotation Curls Gas pump Abyss merkins Front raised shoulder hold 10 sec at a time 80 lb Sandbag squat thrust 30 lb Kettlebell swing toss as far as you can 55 lb Side lunges 100 lb Tombstone carry
Mosey to Makita car to fetch the frisbee
Round 2 – 30 sec on and 10 sec rest
5 v 5 Ultimate frisbee
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: lots of mubblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots happening in October
COT:
PLAYLIST: various high energy songs
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-22 AO: Tire Station Q: Locksmith , PAX: Happy Trees, Cross-stitch, Splitter, Horizon, Locksmith, Steely, Flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: Micheal Phelps Good Mornings Short Mosey
THE THANG:
10 tire flips out 10 Merks 10 tire flips back 10 Merks 10 tire flips out 10 decline Merks 10 tire flips back 10 decline Merks 10 tire flips out 10 Carolina dry docks 10 tire flips back 10 Carolina dry docks Mosey 10 incline rows on bar / 10 Merks (x3) Repeat tire flips out schedule dropping to sets of 5 on the flip side Mosey You call it for final 6min on your 6 Superman’s/planks/dead bugs/A Franklin’s/missing a couple there/Merks for final 30sec
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-21 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Happy Trees, Horizon, hambone, Creatine, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Warm but appears to be getting cooler, thankfully
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, arm circles, typewritters
THE THANG: Mosey to the middle of the baseball fields where we spent the full time with some heavy objects
Tabata: 1 min on 20 sec rest 7 stations
100 lb tombstone – carry 40 ish feet, set it down, repeat 30 lb kettlebell oblique sitting twist 45 lb curls 25 lb big boy situps 80 lb bleacher stands climb up and down uneven abyss merkins 55 lb heavy bag on a rope pull up from top bleacher seat (about 15-18′ of pulling), drop to ground, repeat
mosey back to Startex.
MARY: none, finished 10 sec over time
MOLESKINE: lots of good mumblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack, join my Wounded Warrior Ruck team Oct 10
COT:
PLAYLIST: Rock
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-15 AO: Tire Station Q: Happy Trees , Horizon PAX: One Inch, Horizon, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: cool low 70s
WARMUP:
THE THANG: combo of Merkins Superman’s pull ups hangs leg extensions, lunges, ab work, running speed sessions at 50% 60% 70% and 80% second half handoff shout out to horizon for finishing up. Combo Merkins squats. Big boy sit-ups.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 21 mile October 24 gallatin to Madison. Go check out 1 inch’s coffee shop Goodlettsville.
COT: prayer for Keith’s father. Horizon will be traveling.
PLAYLIST:
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-14 AO: Iron Giant Q: Horizon , PAX: hambone, Happy Trees, Horizon, Creatine FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: low 70s
WARMUP: Good mornings, Willie Mays, SSH, Mosey
THE THANG: Carried sand bag of your choice, 40lbs – 60lbs. Trek down highway 76 to Byram Drive working our way to Stadium Drive. Along the way we had multiple stops doing the following: Curls Overhead press Man makers Bent over rows Squats Merkins
Along the trek, some lunge walking
MARY: plank
MOLESKINE: “I like to hear bags down” “I’m glad I didn’t carry the 80lb bag”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: friend Rob and his wife
PLAYLIST: sounds of early dawn
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[The Castle] The Roll of the Dice

Date: 2026-09-12 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: The Merchant, Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Dr. Brown Slip, Creatine, hambone, Louis DeMarco, Steely, Locksmith FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP: 20 IC SSH Michael Phelps OYO 10 IC Arm-Circles F/R
THE THANG: Team A/B Rope Pulling One PAX Role Exercise Dice to choose exercise, then they roll two additional dice and multiply to get the number of reps. Once all team members complete a rope pull round, Team runs a lap around the field. We completed three rounds Finished the last 10 minutes playing ultimate football. In-between possessions the control team does 5 Merkins, receiving team does 5 squats.
MARY: None
MOLESKINE: Not much, some confusion in my directions
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack
COT: Mr. Pancake dog tore its ACL, yes animals have ACLs. Prayers for its surgery and prayers for affordability
PLAYLIST: Zack FM
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-08 AO: Tire Station Q: Butterfingers , PAX: Butterfingers, Horizon, Splitter, One Inch FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Gloomy and nice
WARMUP: 25 SSH, 15 Imperial Walkers, 10 arm circles forward and back, 10 merkins ( with stops at half way)
THE THANG: 5 pull ups while teammate does squats (x2), mosey to dip bars, 10 dips then 10 knees to chest on the bars, mosey down the trail then 10 merkins, 20 squats, mosey back to dips where 10 dips and then 10 knees to chest. Over to tires where 2 teams of 5 tire flips while teammate does squats across the field and back. Over to the obstacle course where same teams: incline merkins while other runs to pull up bars and back, next round is decline merkins. Mosey towards the stadium where we stopped for lunges, then did sideways walks up the marking lot. Back to start where we did 10 WWI sit ups, 20 American hammers, raised plank, Superman, Alabama prom dates, ending with normal plank on elbows.
MARY:
MOLESKINE: Work hard, and daylight is shrinking.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: One Inch speakeasy soft opening tonight.
COT: prayers for parents that are stressed out, those that are expecting, make sure to take a step back and collect yourself.
PLAYLIST:
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[The Castle] The Castle – Row Row Row your boat

Date: 2026-09-05 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Pep, Makita, Dilbert, Happy Trees, Horizon, Dr. Brown Slip, Flipper, Strutter, Steely, Butterfingers, hambone, Creatine, Hipster, One Inch, My pleasure FNGs: None COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: warm
WARMUP: mosey to the stations
THE THANG: 16 stations – 2 min each — 20 sec rest (changeover
See the photo for the stations
MARY:shoulder mobility stretches and 90 sec of flutter kicks
MOLESKINE: lots of mumblechatter and initial talks of being proud I knew when to start
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: prayers
PLAYLIST: see photos